Jimmy Wyner Interview

Wyner is the only person I have ever seen get a standing ovation for being DQed. People weren't just booing the sportmanship in this instance, they were boing Wyner the person. He is completely correct in the interview when he states that he is "hated by everyone." He's not hated because he's good, he's hated because hes an absolute ahole.

your an idiot

The people who want to get this guy disqualified is why track is perceived to be such a boring sport by people outside of it.

I didn't even know you could be disqualified for celebrating in track and field.

By this logic the NBA should also nullify Glen Davis' shot at the buzzer for the Celtics the other day since he taunted the crowd afterwards. This could never fly in any major sport. Period.

To everyone: maybe it was a little over the top to be disqualified
To everyone who wasn't there: Understand this. Don't take this out on Dartmouth. Take it out on the Ivy League. Just because Dartmouth was closest to the finish line when the booing started doesn't mean everyone should be hating on them. The announcers and Jimmy Wyner put unfair pressure on Dartmouth for something everyone participated in. It was also 7/8ths of the Ivy League that gave a standing ovation to the announcement that Wyner was disqualified.

Having watched the entire finish I can tell you this, the video captured nothing of his victory celebration. I perfectly agree that the video does not look like grounds for disqualification. But I think the majority of the people who saw Wyner's face as he came down the stretch, he was telling a much different story. To those who thought his celebration lacked taunting of the other competitors, it didn't. His arm gestures merely tell a fraction of the story, while his face told much more.
Make your opinions all you want. Just know that you don't have the whole story. Not even the flotrak guys in the press box.

How does he get a fifth year and Liam Boylan Pett could not for Columbia. I do think Teach for America is really commendable but his display was OTT and being DQed is also OTT As they say the word team does not have an I in it but it sure as me in it and Wyner said he was waiting five years so we know where his head is at. Glad to see he does not get six years.

Wyner is just a pawn in my game:

http://twoangryrunners.com/?p=741&preview=true

So if I fell in that race would you be proud of me?
If I finished first because the officials DQ the winner would you be proud of me?
If I grow up to be a garbage man would you be proud of me?
Take your class and get a life. Why did you and mom get a divorce?
I’m not going to give you anything for fathers’ day this year.

Yeah i agree with in the lime light. I don't think this would be an issue if a columbia or harvard kid had done the same thing. I definitely don't think anyone would have booed or chanted disqualify.

I think that the issue was bigger than just jimmy, Cornell has won the last 6 outdoor Heps before this one, now its 7 in a row. Clearly they are hated for that, the other teams and the officials are on the look out for every small thing they can put against Cornell. When you are on top everybody wants you to do something wrong, just to bring you down.

I tend to agree that our sport is too boring. I do not know what he has done in the past, but the race was entertaining. Our sport is going down a road where only the people who participate, watch it, and that is not a good thing.

Who cares about the Ivy League?

Everyone needs to relax. He was excited that he won. What about when Ryan Hall when celebrated for the entire last mile at the marathon olympic trials? No one thought that was questionable sportsmanship or that he was disrespecting anyone. I do admit that he could have done without the celebrating but I don't think anyone should be insulted. You all need to get a grip and in no way did that call for disqualification.

"Forget the bow after the race for a minute - Wyner's outstretched arms, his hands mockingly beckoning every other runner behind him and "daring" them to catch up to him, was the most obnoxious display of poor sportsmanship I have ever seen."
That's a gross misrepresentation of what happened.

Wyner is the only person I have ever seen get a standing ovation for being DQed. People weren't just booing the sportmanship in this instance, they were boing Wyner the person. He is completely correct in the interview when he states that he is "hated by everyone." He's not hated because he's good, he's hated because hes an absolute ahole.

The entire stadium booed Wyner for his celebration not just the Dartmouth contingent and the entire stadium cheered when the official results showed Maag as the winner. I personally had been waiting for my own win in the steeple for 3 years (having finished 2,2,3) and when I finally got my win; my celebration was not directed at my fellow competitors. The decision was the officials call. Unsportsman like - yes. Warrenting DQ, according to Ivy Officials - yes.